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The Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 58.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on April 2, 2013Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 2 April 2013369,648 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 2, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.0% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
369,648 km229,688 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 2013 is on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 09:27 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 09:36 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 27, 201309:27
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 3, 201304:37

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 11, 2013 to the new moon of April 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.57 days.